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I agree that we should go back to the way the list was. I have received much information from the list and am concerned that I will miss some very helpful information by responding off list. I have set up folders, one of which is entitled "Parkinsons-Ask Dr." I forward messages that I would like to discuss with him to this folder and print them off to take with me when I see him. This helps to remind me of things I wanted to discuss with him. I don't write to the list very often, but do enjoy receiving all of the information. I also pass on information from the list to members of our support group here in Columbia, Missouri. Mary Watkins [log in to unmask] 58/50/48 ---------- > From: Camilla Flintermann <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Flaming, quitting, helping... > Date: Thursday, February 04, 1999 11:40 AM > > Dear Barb Patterson and listfriends-- > > Thank you, Barb for your post about our struggles. I had hoped to hear > from you, and am sorry you were sick--and made sicker :-( > > SNIPPED > You wrote in part: > > > >If Carole or anyone else who asked for information re pd in the past few > >days would write to me, off the list, and let me know if you received > >help off the list, I would appreciate it. > > This raises for me again the question of how the list "reply" option is > set. Several folks recently have requested (begged?) that we go back to > having it set for "reply to list", not to sender, because of the problem > you raised--we don't really know whether someone's question has been > answered if replies go offlist. I think we have trouble deciding what is > appropriate for everyone (what else is new?) and have been erring on the > side of too much offlist info-sharing. I've tried to follow the principle > that a real question asked ON the list should be answered ON the list--but > even that gets murky at times. Though I have liked some things about the > "new" way, I'm beginning to feel that the time may have come to revert to > the "old" one.....we're ALWAYS going to have to make a choice about what > goes where, but better perhaps to delete silliness we don't want to read > than to lose valuable info we may need.....just my thoughts, F W I W. > Others??? > > Camilla Flintermann, CG for Peter 80/70/55 > Oxford, Ohio > http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/camilla/one.htm > <[log in to unmask]> > > "Ask me about the CARE list for > Caregivers of Parkinsonians ! "